While cross-sector collaborations can create effective governance mechanisms for multi-sectoral issues, little attention has been paid to how these arrangements operate in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where state capacity is weak and the international donor sector is influential. A case study of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) collaborative governance platform in Senegal is presented to explore how tensions between actors can be managed and how power is exercised through metagovernance. Through in-depth interviews with policy actors (N = 30), network mapping of ties and activities among actors and document review, the study identifies challenges and opportunities for multi-sectoral nutrition governance. The study identifies several challenges specific to scaling up multi-sectoral policies including the relative power of non-state actors, duplication of efforts and a lack of incentives for multisectoral collaboration across different sectors within government. The article concludes that to ensure democratic governance, government must be capable of metagovernance.

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元治理案例：低收入和中等收入国家多部门营养服务提供结构的承诺和陷阱

虽然跨部门合作可以为多部门问题建立有效的治理机制，但很少有人关注这些安排在中低收入国家 (LMICs) 的运作方式，这些国家的国家能力薄弱，国际捐助部门具有影响力. 介绍了塞内加尔扩大营养 (SUN) 协作治理平台的案例研究，以探讨如何管理参与者之间的紧张关系以及如何通过元治理行使权力。通过与政策参与者的深入访谈（N = 30)，参与者之间的联系和活动的网络映射和文件审查，该研究确定了多部门营养治理的挑战和机遇。该研究确定了一些特定于扩大多部门政策的挑战，包括非国家行为者的相对权力、工作重复以及政府内部不同部门之间的多部门合作缺乏激励措施。文章的结论是，为确保民主治理，政府必须具备元治理能力。